This year marks 20 years since the first NTEU National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Forum was held. This was an historic gathering as it was one of the first union gatherings to be held in the country focussed entirely on the struggles and working conditions of A&TSI union members. More...
Cultural and ceremonial leave provisions in Awards and Enterprise Agreements have been instituted to recognise the cultural diversity of the Australian workforce, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees. More...
Between 29 April and 19 May, several hundred thousand people attended nineteen Change the Rules rallies held in capital and major regional cities across Australia. The largest of these was the Melbourne rally, with an estimated 100,000 plus people attending. More...
NTEU’s national Women’s Action Committee (WAC) are excited because the ACTU Change the Rules campaign identified that the headline reasons for changing the employment laws are that the current rules are not helping achieve gender pay equity, secure jobs or equality for women workers. More...
Blessed with a sudden and unanticipated increase in revenue, the centrepiece of Treasurer Scott Morrison’s third Budget was the Government’s personal income tax plan which will cost the Budget $13.4 billion over the four-year forward estimates. The proposed tax cuts however will result in a very significant reduction in government revenue of some $140 billion over a ten year period, as the more expensive tax cuts, which are targeted predominantly at people on higher incomes, kick in from 2024–25 onwards. More...
Following a decade of advocacy by Melbourne-founded ICAN and its partners, on 7 July 2017, 122 nations voted to adopt the historic global agreement to ban nuclear weapons. The Australian Government did not attend the conference and is not a signatory, and the Coalition will not consider signing it. The Coalition maintains that they cannot afford to alienate the United States, which refuses to even countenance the Treaty. More...
NTEU National Executive unanimously carried a resolution expressing NTEU’s deep appreciation of Senator Rhiannon’s consistent and positive support of our union in both our industrial and political campaigns, and for free, accessible and fully funded public education. More...
Two Years. Literally millions spent on legal fees. Multiple strikes. A terminated Enterprise Agreement. Law suits targeting not just the Union but individuals. The reputation of an institution in tatters. A staff exodus. Employee morale at the lowest possible ebb. These are the costs for Murdoch University of this round of enterprise bargaining. More...
After months of bargaining at UNSW, on 30 May NTEU members walked off the job for 24-hours, striking at campuses in Kensington, Darlinghurst and UNSW Canberra. More...
A pay increase of 1.8% per year (8.5% flat over the life of the Agreement) was boosted by a restructuring of the classifications which will see the overwhelming majority of staff receive additional increases of between 1% and 2.4% salary through increment changes. More...
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